Santa Fe International Literary Festival

Some big names in the 2026 lineup are Judy Blume, who wrote Are You There God? It’s Me, Margaret, Ada Limón, who is a former U.S. Poet Laureate, Isabel Wilkerson, author of The Warmth of Other Suns, Alison Bechdel, creator of the Bechdel-Wallace Test, and even Danny Rubin, who wrote the film Groundhog Day and will be part of a screenwriter panel.

Author Patrick Radden Keefe will be at the Santa Fe International Literary Festival, which starts on Friday May 17. His books include “Empire of Pain: The Secret History of the Sackler Dynasty,” and “Say Nothing: A True Story of Murder and Memory in Northern Ireland."

Irish author Colum McCann kicks off the second Santa Fe International Literary Festival Friday. He’s the author of seven novels, including “Let The Great World Spin” and “Transatlantic” and has won numerous awards. McCann’s books have been set all over the world, but they have common themes of human connection and the reparative power of storytelling. He tells KUNM that sometimes he chooses these topics and sometimes they choose him.

Diana Gabaldon, the mind behind the popular ‘Outlander’ and Lord John Grey series, will be a featured speaker at the Santa Fe International Literary Festival –– which runs May 19-21.

The Santa Fe International Literary Festival runs May 19-21, and will bring together authors from all over the world, among them Moroccan-American writer Laila Lalami.